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LAN (Local Area Network):
LANs are used in a single building. This requires very little wiring to implement. Therefore, it is cheaper.
WAN (Wide Area Network):
WANs are used in a large geographical area to share information. This can be identified as a collection of LANs.
MAN (Metropolitan Area Network):
MANs are mostly used to cover an area of a city.
VPN (Virtual Private Network):
Describes the opportunity to establish a protected network connection when using public networks. VPN uses a technique called tunneling to transfer data securely on internet to a remote access server.